We seem to saying that our USP is Flying. I disagree. I believe that our Unique Selling Provision in comparison to other Military Youth Organisations is that we give our members the opportunity for stick time at a ridiculously low cost (a recent local discussion indicated that 1 squadron has subs at £6 per month, which is £72 a year, my last unit was £20, £240 a year, and parents still claimed it was too cheap.
As I highlighted in another thread the concept that there is no flying is simply not true
As I’ve said for the last few years of induction nights, by being a cadet you give yourself the opportunity to fly, not a guarantee that you will fly. How many units have been offered zero flying opportunities this year? It’s up to the cadet/parent to sign up to the opportunity and accept that not everyone who wants something gets it!
This can be done in ways other than being in the air holding the control column, in fact the classification syllabus covers this aim off very successfully.